is speaking. let's listen in. >> council marb brandon scott and eric costelo and i want to thank kiefer mitchell for being here on behalf of governor hogan and for all of your work. >> that's the mayor of baltimore stephanie rawlings-blake thanking officials and of course, going to get into the meat of what's happening there and the response to this plant. we check in with bay area's police department and only oakland police are adding extra staff in case any companion protests break out there. san francisco and san jose police are giving their officers a head's up to be more vigilant. >> stay with abc 7 news for any updates and follow us on twitter abc 7 news bay area. all right. let's get back to the news conference now. >> the police department is not going to stand for that. we're fully deployed at this point. we canceled leave for all our

police officers so they are on the streets as we speak. each shift is fully staffed and called in outside resources from all over the state of maryland to give us an assist here. we're not going to tolerate this. our priorities right now is to restore order in the city. our priorities right now is officer safety and the safety of the community. thank you. >> you're listening to the police department and the mayor in baltimore where riots broke out today and after the funeral of freddie gray who died while in police custody from spinal injuries. >> we're following what's happening here locally as well, in case there are any companion protests and no word on that but we'll stay on top of it. >> i'm dan ashley? and i'm cheryl jennings. glimmer of strength and survival. in a race against time rescue crews pulled people out alive from underneath the rubble two days after a 7.8 earthquake hit nepal. [ bleep ].

[ bleep ]. >> from the rubble below to the high perches of mt. everest, rescue crews scaled the top of the world's highest mountain to reach people from the quake-triggered avalanches. >> a massive response effort is under way. at least 16 countries are providing help and that aid includes a disaster response team from virginia with 45 tons of rescue equipment set to arrive right now in kathmandu. they will face an enormous task. more than 1.4 million people need food. the united nations says more than 1 million in nepal were severely affected by the quake. the death toll has now climbed past 4,000. sergio quintana has a look at some of the bay area residents trapped in nepal and others trying to get help to their loved ones in the zone. >> reporter: içó talked with one man by phone today who had to come down the mountain early because he caught a head cold and that might have saved his life.

scott holder had been heading up mt. everest and couldn't stay at base camp because he caught a head cold and he was in the village at the foot of the mountain when the quake struck. >> the town had pretty significant damage. a lot of personal residences collapsed. he's in kathmandu now, but won't be able to catch a plane back into the bay area for another couple of days and he plans on volunteering for the american red cross, talking with a friend on the way to kathmandu he realized how much damage the country had suffered. >> it will take weeks for this to stabilize, and i looked at him and he said you know what? it will take years for this to stabilize. >> the u.s. state department isd reporting four americans are among the thousands of people who were killed in this earthquake. google executive dan fredinburg didn't survive the deadly avalanche that crushed base camps. several friends were on cnn celebrating his adventurous spirit. >> dan was about celebration. dan would want us to dance

party and smile and celebrate him. so the family is trying to keep some of that with him. >> reporter: as some mourned the loss of those killed and others in the bay area are trying to help family who live in the disaster area. mila sherpa says he's especially concerned for the remote rural areas because it is so difficult to get there. >> there is a lot of remote areas and still people didn't get help because all the -- most of the problem is under remote. >> he want tos get back to nepal and help and says he's sending money to family instead and he says he hopes others will help the relief effort. sergio quintana abc 7 news. the head of the group in the bay area was in nepal. olga murray says the damage is unimaginable. her home in kathmandu was not damaged. she was getting ready for her 90th birthday party when the quake hit. >> oh my god.

i was in my office and my driver was with me and we fell to the floor and we were sliding around. >> murray's home has now turned into a refuge for some 50 people or so. tonight at 6:00, murray explains why the situation is at risk of getting even worse. >> bay area tech giants have been quick to step up in the wake of the disaster. coming up at 6:00 abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom reports on how facebook and google are helping family and friends check on the status of their loved ones. >> so many people arne the world want to do what they can to help the people of nepal. if you visit our website, abc 7 news.com we have a list of some of the organizations working in that area along with links to help you donate. >> there is other news tonight. san francisco tonight are looking for a muni passenger who shot another passenger on the light rail train. that shooting happened just past noon as a muni vehicle arrived on third street and oakdale

avenue and two got into an argument and one shot the other in the chest. the shooter took off running and the victim was taken to the hospital. the man who killed a 9-year-old discovery bay boy has been evaluated forr issues not once, but twice in the past 24 hours. jordan almgren was stabbed to death. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony is live at the contra costa jail which is in martinez with the story. laura? >> reporter: hi, dan. this is where william schultz sits tonight. he did give an interview to the contra costa times and schultz admitted he killed this young boy, he said to see what it was like.xd in a chilling jailhouse interview accused killer william schultz told the bay area news group, quote i wanted to see what it was like to take a life before someone tried to take mine. 18-year-old schultz was arrested

sunday hours after police say he fatally stabbed 9-year-old jordan almgren in the boy's discovery bay home. schultz told the newspaper, quote, i wish they hadn't. i think about what if that was my little brother? schultz had stayed overnight at the p,boy's ág saturday schulz was at his family's home in discovery bay when contra costa sheriffs were called. >> apparently his family wanted the deputies to check his mental health status. so the deputies spoke to him and based on that contact they determined that he did not meet the criteria for welfare and institution 5150. you have to have some kind of threat to themselves or to others or that they're gravely disabled. >> reporter: schultz did voluntarily go to the county hospital in martinez for an evaluation and was released just a few hours later. in the meantime there is a growing memorial in front of jordan's home a tribute to a popular boy with a big smile. >> he was the smallest kid on

the team but the biggest personality. >> reporter: mike coached jordan's baseball team, the angels. >> we took a baseball there last night and we had everybody sign it and it just said to our teammate jordan you'll always be an angel. >> reporter: schultz is being held at the martinez jail on $1 million bail. laura anthony, abc 7 news. work on theçó san francisco apartment building came to a stop this afternoon when the scaffolding collapsed. this is a picture of the scaffolding after it toppled on to mccallister street. my goodness. there was debris all over the street and amazingly nobody was hurt and the building was undergoing repairs and it damaged 17 units and displaced 25 people. sunnyvale police are investigating the accident that took the life of a bicyclist this morning. about 8:30 shortly after the man was hit by a car. the driver stopped and did

cooperate with authorities and it appears either the driver or bicyclist may have run a red light. happening now some catholic school teachers are rallying against what they call anti-acceptance rhetoric by san francisco's archbishop. this is a live being look againstagainof the rally against the so-called morality clause. it condemns birth control abortion homosexuality and same-sex marriage. teachers in four catholic schools are required to abide by the clause. those protesting want the archbishop to remove the language from the faculty handbook. they want to talk to the governor about a plan to ease the drought using waste water. david louie joins us from san joss toe tell us how this will work. david? >> reporter: cheryl, i'm standing in the middle of a percolation pond which would normally be filled with water and you can tell the aquifer is not being replenished and the

mior other ands think they have the perfect solution. all eyes are on kwud rupeling this that purifies waste water and it opened last year and elected officials would like to speed up the regulatory process. >> we simply need the state of california to get the regulations out of the way soó@ can move forward with the most important environmentally sustainable project of the decade. the plan is to inject the waste water into the underground aquifer to the site near mineta san jose airport and two other spots to the south. it will take probably three years to five years to get that system in place and we're looking at moving this as quickly as possible. it could be seven years before the purified water percolates into the ground and is drawn into the drinking water supply. because of the timeline, the major focus is on lawn removal and replanting drought-tolerant plants and it pays $2 per square foot which covers 66% of the

cost. >> we've only done 160,000 before the land -- before the drought. since then we've done 2 million square feet of lawn and we need to do millions, millions more. >> san jose water company is seeking approval to instaut water meters to give customers feedback on their use. very much like pg&e. one example i saw was you're going to know when you flush your toilet. it gets down to that granular granularity. >> that grant is awaiting approval. in san jose, david louie abc 7 news. coming up, the video we showed you of a bart officer arresting a woman for public intoxication intoxication. >> new pictures from a body camera later that evening. plus -- >> this is my waste of money and my education. >> i'm angry and surprised. dozens of college campuses closed. thousands of students looking for somewhere else to go. the chp crackdown. the highway patrol is targeting cell phone users and we'll tell

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instantly. zyrtec® dissolve tabs. muddle no more™. covering santa clara san francisco, east bay and all the bay area. this is abc 7 news. anñi update nowñi on the breaking news in baltimore maryland where rioters have looted and burned businesses. the mayor who spoke minutes ago has set a curfew for tonight 10:00 p.m. local time. police have arrested at least 34 people and seven officers are injured, and one seriously. stay with abc 7 news for any breaking update and follow us on twitter on abc 7 news bay area. >> abc 7 news has obtained more police video from a violentq confrontation between bart police and a drunk woman. we showed you these images on

abc 7 news at 5:00. you can see megan sheehan admits she drank too much and should have been detained and she accuses police for what l ãthat interview was inappropriate. the officer accused of excessive force has been cleared of any wrongdoing. well, it was a shocker for many students of heel college as they found out all campuses are closing and ten of those campuses are in california. lyanne melendez is in san francisco outside one of those

schools. >> let me just start out by saying that a while back state attorney general camkamilcamilla harris is reaching out to some of these students letting them know they may not have to pay back those student loans. employers of heel college left campus with some of the things they could carry. students were left disappointed and wondering where to go from here. >> it left me to think what should i do now? >> what are you going to do now? >> i was thinking of going in there and talking to them and see what's going on. >> sandra yip only needed to complete one course to earn a two-year associate degree. >> i was almost done. it was a surprise for me. >> i spent about two weeks here. >> charlene lujan was celebrating with her daughter yesterday who turned 25 when she got an email about the closure of heel college in milpitas. >> i came straight home. i said brittany, don't worry.

mama will handle this. >> her daughter had been enrolled for two months and had taken out a $30,000 loan to pay for the two-year business program. lujan knew that the parent company, corinthian colleges was trying to sell all 28 schools. >> they were fined by the department of education for providing false information on its job placement program. in the end no one was willing to buy the colleges. here's what they said. unfortunately, the current regulatory environment would not allow us to complete a transaction with several interested parties that would have allowed for a seamless transition for our students. >> i'm going to go to foothill. that's my next step complete my credits there. >> he and others are hoping they'll be able to transfer as many as possible. lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. do you use your hand cell

your cell phone when you're driving? a lot of people do and this month the california highway patrol really has been cracking down on offenders. 7 on your side's michael finney is here with that story. >> how many times have you reported on tragedies? many many times. you've seen accidents and deaths caused by cell phones and that's why the chp is cracking down. >> the california highway patrol has set aside april to target distracted drivers. those who appear to be texting or talking on cell phones. >> i'm riding along with officer sean wilkinson to see what it looks like from a chp cruiser and what it looks like is frightening. there are plenty of drivers who appear to be using their handheld devices. a lot of people see their commute as empty time when they could be getting other work done. the problem is multitasking in and of itself. as soon as you add any behavior on top of your driving, you will increase the chances of you

getting into a collision. most of those being pulled over by officer willkenfeld. he wasn't interested in giving me his name. >> i do have my earpiece, too but i forgot to put it on today. >> right. >> it's not like i don't have it. i have it and -- >> here in the bay area n just two days april 1st and april 15th the chp wrote 358 tickets for cell phone use. 124 tickets for texting and another 76 drivers were let off with a warning for a total of 5 58 violations spotted in just two days. get one of these and it will cost you. a first offense carries a fine of $76. a second $190 and that does not include your court costs and of course that can double those.

>> that cost is nothing compared to the tragedy. >> great story, michael. thank you. >> let's talk about the weather forecast and boy isn't it nice outside today? >> people were complaining about the heat what's up with that right? >> don't complain anymore if you don't like the heat. ? get out of the kitchen. >> exactly! get away from the stove. it was cooking inland. sorry about that, a motorcycle going by. it was being coupcooking inland and a nice breeze going and it's really quite comfortable out here and let me show you live doppler hd and we'll talk about the changes for your tuesday. the fog is back and banked up against the coastline. close to 90 in concord and santa rosa. 87 in livermore, antioch and it got up to 7 in san rafael. san francisco, 76 half moon bay where the fog is sitting 63 degrees and a good 23 degree

spread between half moon bay and concord this afternoon. feeling a little like summer and emoriville camera showing you the fog back toward san francisco and temperatures right now 60 in the city and oakland it's still pretty warm in the 80s from san carlos and morgan hill and half moon bay has dropped to the 50s. sunshine in san jose right now and it is 84 in santa rosa and 79 snappa and 87 in livermore and from our east bay hills camera looking at the wispy clouds that i see behind me looking toward mount diablo. coastal fog increases and cooler and temperatures will be rebounding as we head toward thursday. here is a look at the pacific satellite picture and it's lifting northward and what it will do for us is enhance the onshore wind and you will notice the difference. the fog along the coastline will push over the bay during the

overnight hours and do look out for the fog along the bay. >> tomorrow afternoon it will be noticeably cooler especially along the coast and along the bay and 54 in half moon bay and fog will linger and 76 in napa. oakland, fremont, 70 degrees and livermore, the sun will still be shining and you'll feel the effects of the breeze and 75 in san jossy and 79 in santa cruz. a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast and cooler tomorrow afternoon and temperatures will be very close on wednesday and then we crank the heat again, thursday in the upper 80s and friday is almost a repeat of thursday and over the weekend, the fog comes back into play and the cooler weather starts again for your saturday, sunday and monday. until then, enjoy what we have right now because it's going

away at least tomorrow. dan and cheryl? >> sandhya thanks very much. >> tomorrow's supreme court arguments on gay marriage has sparked countless protests. people have been lining up for days in washington hoping to get inside but one bay area student

the supreme court is going to hear a case tomorrow that could decide the future of same sex marriage. the justices face two key questions and can states ban same-sex marriage and do states have to recognize gay marriages that were performed legally in other states? >> a freshman at stanford university is going to the supreme court to speak up for her mothers who have been engaged for 20 years. this is a family picture the the mother whos raised their teen taughters in kentucky. she will be the youngest speaker at the marriage for equality rally tomorrow. kinsey and her two younger sisters made a youtube video

about the sanctity of marriage. they say their family should have the same rights as all other married families. >> it's not good enough for my parents who are denyied every single insurance and tax benefit that married couples get. aflac has told them that even if they could get married, the company would not recognize it. >> their moms will definitely get married this summer. stay with us in town and giving back. in a short, even swing. >> just ahead how some school

(music) hey! let me help with that. oh, thank you! (music) introducing the one-and-only volkswagen golf sportwagen. the sportier utility vehicle. i'm ama daetz in the abc 7 newsroom. coming up new at 6:00 helping victims of the nepal earthquake. tonight, see how the local red cross and pay pal are making it easier for you to make a difference. also tomorrow's supreme court hearing on same-sex marriage some key organizers are finding it difficult to grasp all that's happening right now. plus -- >> oh my goodness. what am i going to do about

this? >> 7 on your side the bay area dental assistant ran into long after her emergency room visit and it's all coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00. thanks ama. the warriors beginning their preparations for the seares. >> it will play against the winner of the memphis portland series and that could begin as early as thursday. >> tickets go on sale at 10:00. >> you can catch all of the action beginning june 4th. >> go warriors and students in san francisco got a special golf lesson today. >> aishs 7 news was at the visitation valley middle school where gray woodland gave students some pointers as far as an interactive. >> it is the first urban school with a golf facility. >> we talked about what playing golf means to him and the lofty

career goals. >> well, it's a privilege and also just to be able to compete and we'll probably get more experience and have a goal. >> and they're smiling and have joy on their face and that's what it's all about and they learn values of life and things that will allow them to be successful. >> woodland is in town to compete at the world golf championships later this week and nice of them to take the time to do this with the kids. in baltimore maryland where people are marching tonight and this happened after the fine ral of freddie gray who died while in police custody. >> rioters looted and burne businesses and the mayor has set a curfew for tonight at 10:00 p.m. local time and police have arrested at least 34 people and seven officers are injured and stay with abc 7 news for updates

on abc 7 news bay area and we'll have another report coming up at 6:00. >> thanks for joining us breaking news tonight from baltimore. the violent clashes as we come on the air. climbing onto police cars, smashing the roof, the windows. officers injured. the armored trucks racing to the scene. this cvs set on fire tonight. all of it after a suspect dies while in police custody. also breaking. the earthquake. the race against time. tonight, video from inside the avalanche as the list of americans lost grows. 20 reports of tornadoes already. the hail shattering windshields in an instant. millions bracing for storms tonight. the exclusive. robin roberts with the women held captive for ten years in that cleveland home. now the images from inside. the make-believe school one survivor created for her little